Spring is in full swing! Flowers are blooming, leaves are returning to the trees, it's nature's time for new beginnings. It's the perfect time to start something new in the studio, too!
Some of our spring session classes have already started, but there's still plenty in store at the BJC this spring for makers of every skill level and schedule. Brand new to the jewelry studio? Get a crash course and leave with a finished piece of jewelry in Cast Carabiners with J Diamond! Looking to step up your skill set? Try Soldering Intensive with Margo Csipő or Metalforming: Bowls, Vessels, & Vases with April Wood! Looking to learn a different way of making jewelry entirely? Try Intro To Flameworking with Mercury Swift or Peyote Stictch Beading with Stevie Pniewski.
Take a look at a selection of our classes and workshops below and see the whole lineup on our website.
We are currently seeking a Studio Monitor who is knowledgeable about metalsmithing and jewelry to help manage the studio and support students and renters. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who enjoys supporting users of our space with the ultimate goal of leading everyone towards an independent studio practice. This position is focused on supporting the programming and daily management of the BJC, our Studio and Program Managers, and our students and renters.
Applications will be accepted through July 3, 2026.
The end of the semester is coming up soon, and graduation season is almost here! If you're getting ready to finish school, now is the perfect time to apply for the BJC's third annual graduate exhibition. This exhibition will feature the work of emerging jewelers and metalsmiths as they complete their formal education while also acting as an archive and spotlight for the work being created by recent graduates.
One artist selected by our exhibitions committee as Best in Show will be awarded a one-month emerging artist residency at the BJC.
Applications for our annual graduate exhibition are due June 7, 2025.
Pictured: Artwork by Xiaohan Wu
This Summer:
Kids' + Teens Camps At The BJC!
Is there a kid or teen in your life who you think would benefit from an enriching experience in a vibrant studio setting?
The BJC is currently enrolling for Kids' and Teen Camps this summer! Over the course of three days, Students will explore jewelry history, develop foundational metalsmithing skills, and create a variety of wearable and sculptural artworks. The camp wraps up with a photo shoot to document their work for portfolios or future creative pursuits.
Kids' Camp June 22 - 24 with instructor Margo Csipő or July 6-8 with Instructor Stevie Pniewski.
Teen Camp is currently enrolling for June 22 - 24 with instructor Stevie Pniewski or July 20 - 22 with instructor Margo Csipő.
Join Us To Celebrate Recent Resident Cindy Cheng
At Connect + Collect!
Join us on Friday, May 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the BmoreArt Connect + Collect Gallery in collaboration with the Baltimore Jewelry Center for a jewelry pop-up event and conversation with Cindy Cheng. Cheng’s work is featured in the exhibition Idiosyncratic Iconoclasts, currently on view at the gallery. The conversation will be moderated by executive director Shane Prada of the Baltimore Jewelry Center. Followed by an evening of trying out Cindy’s wearable art which will be available for purchase.
Idiosyncratic Iconoclasts brings together Richard Cleaver and Cindy Cheng, two artists who share a wild imagination and a remarkable attention to detail. Both artists explore a precarious line between the sacred and the profane, subverting the visual language of sanctified relics and precious gems, in order to conjure up bizarre and beautiful planes of reality.
In The Gallery: A Dream Outside My Body
Stop by the gallery to see A Dream Outside My Body, curated by Allison Gulick!
A Dream Outside My Body is a group exhibition that investigates how interpersonal connections and shared space influences the work of 10 contemporary artists and is condensed from a larger exhibition originally installed at the Visual Arts Center Of richmond.
The exhibition features work by Adam Atkinson, Cindy Cheng, Margo Csipő, J Taran Diamond, Luci Jockel, Elliot Keeley, Andy Lowrie, Molly Shulman, April Wood, and Elaine Zukowski. Each artist is affiliated with one another through the Baltimore Jewelry Center, and each has jewelry or metalsmithing as a significant component of their varied practices. Beyond their connections to the BJC, each artists's work is characterized by three themes: jewelry as talisman; jewelry as an extension of the maker’s or wearer’s identity; and the application of “jewelry thinking” to other materials and disciplines.
The exhibition will be on view through May 1.
Up Next In The Gallery: Tease
Join us from 5-8pm on Friday, May 8 for the opening reception for Tease!
Tease is a solo exhibition by craft artist and educator J Taran Diamond, marking the culmination of her teaching fellowship at the Baltimore Jewelry Center. The artworks in this exhibition treat objects and their constituent parts as proxies for bodies, and strive to imitate both themselves and one another.
Each of the objects included in this exhibition are pointedly inside of, outside of, on top of, and underneath one another. In these relative positions, the objects are suspended between the states of being hidden and exposed, between keeping and telling a secret. Diamond pairs this state between disclosing and disguising with an intense focus on repeating patterns and layered artificial surfaces. Through these combinations, she investigates complex narratives surrounding legitimacy, authenticity, desire, and belonging from the vantage point of a queer body.
This exhibition will be on view from May 8 through June 19, 2026.
